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Netflix film captures relationship between mothers and midwives – Sydney Morning Herald

I work in a hospital, so I have never had to experience the gut-wrenching tragedy that Eva endures after she realises the baby she helped deliver at home is not…

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Expectant parents will often ask me how long it will take until their baby is born. Unless the woman is having a caesarean section, it is impossible to give a definitive answer, yet in most films babies are born within a matter of minutes, if not less. At least Netflix’s new release, Pieces of a Woman, gives the labour process 22 minutes.
But it captures the labour of the mother, Martha, in a single long take, which implies that labour is short when it is normally long, especially if its your first…

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